by Mitchell Abidor Discussed in this essay: Ajax, the Dutch, the War, by Simon Kuper. Nation Books, 2012, 288 pages. I am a Houston Astros fan. This is a fact of no significance. It doesn't mean I support Rick Perry…

From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.